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Show Beauty Talks By MARJORIE DUNCAN Famous Beauty Expert A Few Mistaken Beauty Impressions 'Tprt'O or three mistaken beauty im-pressions im-pressions prevail to such an alarming alarm-ing extent that they merit discussion ' and correction. The first, to my mind, is the matter of the soft, silky, light down on the face which is so often mistaken fur superfluous hair. Innum- j erahle women are sulVoring self-inflicted misery unnecessarily because of I this misconception. Another common Impression is the mistaken idea many women have that anything bordering on gloss is excessive exces-sive oilines". This applies to hair as well as skin, but because of advertising adver-tising and preaching many women are now preserving healthy hair luster. Not so with the skin, however. It is a far cry from the moist, dewy glow so alluring an attribute of youth, to the excessively shiny, greasy appearance appear-ance of the very oily type of skin. I have seen powder pull's rubbed so vigorously over naturally lustrous faces that it seemed the skin would soon become shreds. One marvels at the skin's resistance to such rough treatment. And one wonders why women are ambitious to rub away the glow that only youth and beauty are heir to. Look at the skin of a young child. Glowing with health and color, and not dry as a flour mask, but a suggestion sug-gestion of moistness, "dewiness" I like to call it, and a lovely luster, a delicate deli-cate sheen, not a high, ungroomed and unwholesome looking shine. If yours is the lovely, dewy glow of youth, preserve and guard it as a precious possession and do not attempt at-tempt to rub or pat or powder it away. So much emphasis has been laid on superfluous hair and its destruction destruc-tion of feminine loveliness that a great many women 'mistake the natural nat-ural down as an unnecessary affliction. afflic-tion. A soft, silky covering is nature's na-ture's way of protecting the skin. Look closely at a young child's face or stroke the skin and you will notice this soft covering. Of course, too much is too much and if the growth is dark and very noticeable then you can either bleach the hairs or in extreme cases see to Its removal. At the sign of the first little scale many women are terrified: "Dandruff, ; it must be," they think. As a matter I of fact a slight scaling of the dead I outer layer of skin is not only natural nat-ural and normal but desirable. Many a brush has been relegated to the scrap heap because it revealed re-vealed a few stray hairs after the proverbial hundred strokes. Old, dead hairs must fall when new, young ones take their places so never be alarmed by a few falling, stray hairs. 'Tis the healthy scalp that sheds them. Advice of General Interest T ALWAYS advocate bleaching hair on the face before attempting to remove re-move it. Many women have found that this bleaching not only makes the hairs lighter and lighter until gradually they are scarcely perceptible, per-ceptible, but the bleaching also serves in many cases to devitalize the hairs so that gradually they fall away and further growth is checked. Only if the growth Is very heavy "and apparent, appar-ent, therefore a cause of embarrassment, embarrass-ment, should it be removed. Rope jumping is a splendid exercise exer-cise providing heart and lungs are perfect. Otherwise, it is much too strenuous. If your physician sanctions it, by all means jump and skip rope to your hearts content. Begin slowly and don't jump for very long. Stop if you find j yourself panting for breath. Skipping and jumping rope brings practically all the muscles of the body into play, and it Is excellent to trim down flabbi-ness flabbi-ness around the hips, back and waist. It makes for more shapely legs, too. Massaging and molding movements, patting the skin and kneading it, help to bring a new supply of blood to the surface of the skin and this clears, rebuilds re-builds and rejuvenates. The skin of the face, however, is much too sensitive sensi-tive for dry massage. The continued friction without a cream or oil would soon Irritate It. Dry massage may be done on upper arms, ankles, thighs, back, but even on these parts of the body dermatologists and specialists in massage advocate using a cream such as lanolin or cocoa butter, or a lotion such as rubbing alcohol. There are any number of effective deodorants on the market. I cannot mention trade names in this column. Choose one that has a national reputation repu-tation and apply it exactly according to directions. It is Important to remember remem-ber NOT to use a deodorant Immediately Immedi-ately after the removal of superfluous hair from underarms as the skin is usually quite sensitive for a day or two After two or three days, the deodorant may be used. These directions direc-tions will no doubt be Included with the preparation you purchase. (. 1932. Bell syndicate.) WNU Service. |
